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September 27, 2010

Vacant hotel in Emporium destroyed by fire Saturday

Firefighters were dispatched at 6:58 a.m. Saturday to the former Homestead Hotel located at 659 Plank Road Hollow in Shippen Township to find the nearly century-old landmark engulfed in flames.

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